I am not a vegan, but I do try to eat a plant based diet most of the time. I highlighted some of my diet ideals in 7 Reasons I Became a “Flexi” Vegan. 
As I am allergic to dairy, eggs, and wheat/gluten, Macaroni and cheese is pretty much off limits for me. I’ve had to become very creative with my cooking. I have not become creative enough to make or invest in gluten free pasta. I often ignore my mild allergies if becomes very inconvenient to adhere to them. I have made this same cheese sauce with spaghetti squash or zoodles making it gluten free. This particular recipe I made for my Vegan bestie as a Christmas gift. She said it was really good and it didn’t taste vegan. I ate some and it was good; although not as good as good ol’ fashioned macaroni and cheese. I think it was a little heavy on the garlic and cayenne pepper. You may notice from some of my other recipes that I don’t include measurements, and specifics about cooking time. That’s because unless I’m baking something I’ve never tried I don’t use them. Some of the things I cook I’ve just made up based on other recipes I’ve seen and what I think will work. My friend enjoyed the recipe though, or she just lied because she is too nice to tell me that my gift for her was nasty. Here is my simple recipe I used for vegan mac & cheese .
Ingredients: cashew milk, vegan butter, sweet potato, garlic power, onion power, salt, pepper, turmeric, mustard power, cayenne pepper, elbow macaroni noodles, bread crumbs, dried parsley.
Directions:
- Boil pasta until it is tender with a slight bite ( about 10 minutes)
- Once done, drain and set to the side.
- Cook sweet potato in microwave for about 5 minutes.
- Put sweet potato in a high powered blinder (i used a ninja) or food processor.
- Add cashew milk, vegan butter, and spices except parsley (use sparingly so you can add more if needed for desired smoothness and flavor)
- Blend ingredients until desired taste and texture is achieved
- Rub a baking dish with oil of your choice (I used olive)
- Add cooked pasta and prepared sauce
- In a small bowl melt some vegan butter and mix with bread crumbs
- Sprinkle bread crumbs on top of pasta and cheese sauce.
- Sprinkle with parsley.
- Bake in oven on 400 until bubbly and golden brown.
I hope you enjoy!
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Thanks! I will have to try this since I am allergic milk and cheese as well. If vegan food tasted just as good as regular food, I would have gone vegan a long time ago. It is hard!
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Yes it is. I prefer recipes like this rather than vegan cheese. They are just not good to me.
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I plan to try this tomorrow! Sounds yummy!
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Great! I hope it works for you. It’s hard to find replacements to traditional comfort foods.
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I never have anything vegan before but this sounds good! i could not wait to get my hands dirty on the kitchen again.
btw, thanks for following my blog. Nice to meet you!
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I’m glad you liked it. Nice to meet you too.
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vegan is life, you’ll feel the positive benefits
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Yum! I have to try this recipe!
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I’ve tried different variations and this is what I’ve had the most success with.
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This looks great, thank you!!
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This looks so good! I have to try this!
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Reblogged this on Bread Butter and a Cup of Tea and commented:
Wow! This is so great, especially for vegans who miss the taste of cheese! (Read: me.) Great post! Will definitely be trying this one soon. (:
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Cheese was my favorite food. I had to find someway to fill the void.
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I love that this recipe doesn’t use nutritional yeast- I feel like I’m the only person who can’t stand the taste of it! haha great post:)
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It was actually supposed to be in the recipe, I omitted it from the ingredients. Maybe it was an improvement after all. 😅
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I think it’s have to agree and say it was 😂
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I love that you added a sweet potato. We’ll be making this soon in our house. Thanks for the recipe. -Ellie
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I’m glad you found it helpful. Let me know how it turns out.
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We had it tonight for our family Sunday get-together. I decided not to tell my little nieces that it was dairy-free. Everyone loved it!
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Yay! I probably wouldn’t have had complaints if they didn’t know it was dairy free.
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Oh that pic looks so delicious, if you need any further recipe inspiration I have some on my blog page. Good luck with your vegan eating I am also a vegan who’s flexi, I have milk allergies and mild gluten etc. We sound similar! So I try to eat mostly a plan based diet with a little honey etc.
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This looks yummy, I like to try and add some vegan and vegetarian recipes to our diet here and there and this looks like a good one. I’ve been looking in to recipes I can use with a GF chickpea pasta I just reviewed on my blog and this might be a winner. Thanks for sharing!
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Wow this sounds really, really good. Im going to have to try this. I think its really cool that you consider yourself a flex vegan.
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YUMMMM! This looks fantastic! I’m actually doing a giveaway for lightlife and nasoya (vegan and vegetarian) products on my site right now if you are interested!! Happy Sunday 🙂
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Great post! I have gluten sensitivity too. I highly recommend you try brown rice pasta options – that’s what I use. It tastes great and doesn’t deviate too much from the taste of wheat pasta, so the taste transition should be pretty smooth.
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I saw a similar recipe on Facebook earlier and I cannot wait to try it out !!! Looks great thank you 🙂
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This looks awesome! I’ve got to give it a try 🙂
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Great recepie… will definitely try…
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